Dynamic Middle Ellipsis

Framework agnostic code to dynamically truncate long text in the middle.

Component wrappers provided for:

• React (TS/JS)
• Vanilla (TS/JS)
• Svelte (TS/JS) - In progress
• Solid (TS/JS) - In progress

Live demo website

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Features:

• 🌊 Dynamic: Automatically truncate on element resize.
• 🎯 Precise: Use of space, it does not over or under truncate.
• ⚙️ Custom ellipsis string: Can pass any ellipsis string.
• ⚡ Fast:
  • Calculating available width is O(h) operation,
    • where "h" is height of DOM sub-tree from offset-parent to target node.
    • In most cases, this will be a constant O(1) operation.
  • Font character width are calculated at build time and cached in advance.
    • So we don't have to do this calculation at run time.
  • All calculations and updating DOM element happens in JS land.
    • So that it'll not cause unnecessary re-renders and slow down your webapp.
• ✅ Handle all use cases, e.g.:
  • Parent width is dependent on child (circular dependency).
  • Can handle different font families, sizes and mixed-cases.
  • Wrap to multiple lines before truncating.
  • Truncating text share space with other fixed size elements.
  • Multiple separate truncating element share same space.
  • Accounts for padding and margin on parent element
• ⛔ Not a dependency: In your project, you don't install this as a package dependency. But rather get the code/logic.
• 🎛️ Full control: You get access to full code, so that you can modify it according to your project's need.
• 📦 Component wrappers available in:
  • React (TS/JS)
  • Vanilla (TS/JS)
  • Svelte (TS/JS) - In progress
  • Solid (TS/JS) - In progress

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Installation:

npx @lalit-rana/dynamic-middle-ellipsis 

Follow the CLI instructions to get the code for your choice of framework and language.

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How to use:

Simple usage:

React:

import MiddleEllipsis from "@/components/MiddleEllipsis";

<MiddleEllipsis.Span
  ellipsisSymbol=" [ - - - - - ] "
  lineLimit={2}
>
  Ellipsis text in center automatically when element resize
</MiddleEllipsis.Span>

Vanilla:

<middle-ellipsis-span
  ellipsisSymbol=" [ - - - - - ] "
  lineLimit={2}
>
  Ellipsis text in center automatically when element resize
</middle-ellipsis-span>

For multiple truncating elements sharing same space:

React:

import MiddleEllipsis from "@/components/MiddleEllipsis";
import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";

<MiddleEllipsis.BoundingDiv>
  <Badge className="mr-2">
    <MiddleEllipsis.Span>Truncating text 1</MiddleEllipsis.Span>
  </Badge>
  <Badge className="mr-2">
    <MiddleEllipsis.Span>Truncating text 2</MiddleEllipsis.Span>
  </Badge>
  <Badge>
    <MiddleEllipsis.Span>Truncating text 3</MiddleEllipsis.Span>
  </Badge>
</MiddleEllipsis.BoundingDiv>

Vanilla:

<middle-ellipsis-div>
  <custom-badge>
    <middle-ellipsis-span>Truncating text 1</middle-ellipsis-span>
  </custom-badge>
  <custom-badge>
    <middle-ellipsis-span>Truncating text 2</middle-ellipsis-span>
  </custom-badge>
  <custom-badge>
    <middle-ellipsis-span>Truncating text 3</middle-ellipsis-span>
  </custom-badge>
</middle-ellipsis-div>